{"product_id":"for-love-of-a-river-the-minnesota-9781643439174","title":"For Love of a River: The Minnesota","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor Love of a River: The Minnesota\u003c\/strong\u003e by Nelson, Darby. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781643439174.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrowing up in the river town of Morton, Darby Nelson developed a deep taproot of affection that anchored his contagious curiosity about the land and people of the Minnesota River Valley. Now, with an ecologists lens and a lifelong appreciation for wild and scenic places, Darby sets out with his wife, Geri, to paddle the river all the way from its source near the Minnesota-South Dakota border to its confluence with the Mississippi in the Twin Cities.For Love of a River: The Minnesota addresses topics as diverse as geology, early and modern agriculture, citizen advocacy, water-quality challenges and solutions, river-based recreation, dams and dam removal, prairie pothole lakes, the rivers rich diversity of plant and animal life, and the Dakota-US War. Never before has a book undertaken such a holistic exploration of the states namesake river and its basin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Beaver's Pond Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44429412007989,"sku":"ByrdShop_1643439170","price":226.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781643439174_fec9aa1b-97c3-4631-a1fa-656642a2faa0.jpg?v=1784336169","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/for-love-of-a-river-the-minnesota-9781643439174","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}